[Sinohydro Bureau 4 won the bid for Hebei pumped storage power station project]Recently, Sinohydro Bureau 4 won the bid for the construction project of civil engineering and metal structure fabrication and installation of the lower reservoir and water conveyance and power generation system of Hebei Shangyi Pumped Storage Power Station. The total length of the hydropower station waterway is 5589m. The total installed capacity is 1.4 million kilowatts, and the annual power generation is about 1.54 billion kilowatt hours. Editor/Zhao E
On January 4, 2026, the Development and Reform Commission and Energy Bureau of Hubei Province issued a notice clarifying the establishment of a new energy storage pricing mechanism from February 1, 2026. Establish a capacity compensation mechanism for independent energy storage projects on the grid side, with a standard of 165 yuan per kilowatt per year, and the compensation cost is shared by industrial and commercial users. Projects eligible for capacity compensation must be included in the regularly published list and are not allowed to lease capacity. This mechanism is tentatively scheduled to be implemented for one year to promote the healthy development of the new energy storage industry.Editor/Yang Meiling
On January 4th, Wengniute Banner in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia released the preliminary registration announcement for the 2026 Autonomous Region Independent New Energy Storage List project. The planned construction scale of the project is 300000 kilowatts/1.2 million kilowatt hours, and it is recommended to connect to the Zicheng 500 kV substation. The promotion of this independent energy storage power station will assist in the construction of regional energy storage infrastructure and the optimization of energy structure.Editor/Yang Meiling